Product Details | CULTURE SWAB

6515-01-497-6377 An item used in medical facilities for obtaining specimens from body tissues preparatory to bacteriological examinations. It consists of a rod made of various materials with a pledget of wool or similar material at one end. The pledget has been processed so that it has no detectable bacteriostatic activity.

Part Alternates: 020941, 02-0941, 220099, 4320099, 6515-01-497-6377, 01-497-6377, 6515014976377, 014976377

Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies | Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies

Supply Group (FSG) NSN Assign. NIIN
65 29 MAY 2002 01-497-6377

Demand History | NSN 6515-01-497-6377

Part Number Request Date QTY Origin
220099 2025-12-338 1 DIBBS
4320099 2025-12-338 1 DIBBS
220099 2025-10-286 10 DIBBS
4320099 2025-10-286 10 DIBBS
220099 2025-07-201 8 DIBBS
4320099 2025-07-201 8 DIBBS
220099 2025-07-191 4 DIBBS
4320099 2025-07-191 4 DIBBS
220099 2025-06-163 4 DIBBS
4320099 2025-06-163 4 DIBBS
220099 2025-02-50 1 DIBBS
4320099 2025-02-50 1 DIBBS
220099 2025-01-28 5 DIBBS
4320099 2025-01-28 5 DIBBS
220099 2025-01-12 2 DIBBS
4320099 2025-01-12 2 DIBBS
220099 2022-08-221 2 DIBBS
4320099 2022-08-221 2 DIBBS
220099 2022-05-142 2 DIBBS
4320099 2022-05-142 2 DIBBS
6515-01-497-6377 2016-12-354 4 DIBBS
6515-01-497-6377 2016-12-340 4 DIBBS
6515-01-497-6377 2012-09-258 4 DIBBS
6515-01-497-6377 2012-04-104 3 DIBBS
6515-01-497-6377 2012-04-104 5 DIBBS

Cross Reference | NSN 6515-01-497-6377

Part Number Cage Code Manufacturer
02-0941 89875 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY DIRECTORATE OF MEDICAL MATERIEL
220099 06531 BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
220099 22790 BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY DBA BD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
4320099 07TA6 CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLC

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Technical Data | NSN 6515-01-497-6377

Characteristic Specifications
MATERIAL AND LOCATION RAYON TIP
UNIT PACKAGE QUANTITY 50
UNIT PACKAGE TYPE PACKAGE
FEATURES PROVIDED STERILE
SPECIAL FEATURES CONSISTS OF TUBE TRANSPORT AND MEDIUM SWAB WITH INTEGRAL LID; POLYPROPYLENE TUBE CONTAINS A POLYURETHANE SPONGE IMPREGNATED WITH EITHER AMIES OR STUART LIQUID TRANSPORT MEDIUM; TUBE HAS PREATTACHED PATIENT LABEL AND TAMPER-EVIDENT SEAL; SPECIAL NITROGEN-FLUSHED AIRTIGHT PACKAGING AND VI-PACK OUTER FOIL WRAP PREVENTS DEHYDRATION; EXTRA LONG SHAFT; MUST BE STORED AT 5 TO 25 DEGREES C
III END ITEM IDENTIFICATION FOR THROAT, VAGINAL, SKIN AND WOUND SPECIMENS
III PART NAME ASSIGNED BY CONTROLLING AGENCY SWAB CULTURE LIQ STRAUT'S MED FOR ROUTINE RAYON TIP STER 50S

Restrictions/Controls & Freight Information | NSN 6515-01-497-6377

Category Code Description
Shelf-Life Code:F6 months
Hazardous Material Indicator CodeNThere is no data in the HMIS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials
Demilitarization Code:ANon-Munitions List Item/ Non-Strategic List Item - Demilitarization not required.
Controlled Inventory Item Code:UUNCLASSIFIED
Precious Metals Indicator Code:AItem does not contain precious metal
Criticality Code:X The item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application.
Category Code Description
No Freight Information

Management | NSN 6515-01-497-6377

Category Code Description
Materiel Category and Inventory ManagerC Medical/Dental Materiel
Appropriation and Budget Activity2 Stock Fund Secondary Items
Management Inventory Segment2 NONREPARABLE ITEMS (Exclusive of Insurance and Provisioning Items). This code will be used to identify items which are not reparable.
Specific Group/Generic Code0 Medical Materiel
Weapons Systems/End Item or Homogeneous Group01Type 1 (Non-Extendable) Potency- Dated Item
Accounting Requirements CodeX Expendable item. An item of Army property coded with an ARC of ?X? in the AMDF. Expendable items require no formal accountability after issue from a stock record account. Commercial and fabricated items similar to items coded ?X? in the AMDF are considered expendable items.
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDADepartment of the Army
Service OrganizationAU.S. Army
Acquisition Advice CodesLLOCAL PURCHASE # (NON-STOCKED ITEMS) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/GSA/Service/Agency-managed items authorized for local purchase as normal means of support at base, post, camp or station level. Item not stocked in wholesale distribution system of IMM/Service/Agency ICP.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life CodeF6 months
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
PG : Package
Category Code Description
Cognizance Codes9BNavy-owned stocks of DLA material
Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg
Source of SupplySMSDefense Logistics Agency
Enterprise Business Systems
AgencyDNDepartment of the Navy
Service OrganizationNU.S. Navy
Acquisition Advice CodesLLOCAL PURCHASE # (NON-STOCKED ITEMS) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)/GSA/Service/Agency-managed items authorized for local purchase as normal means of support at base, post, camp or station level. Item not stocked in wholesale distribution system of IMM/Service/Agency ICP.
Controlled Item CodeUUNCLASSIFIED
Shelf Life CodeF6 months
Purchasing QTY
UOM
1
PG : Package